Embalming (EM エンバーミング) 24 years old

Young female embalmer Miyako is called in to restore the body of a young man who has committed suicide, before the funeral. While performing the embalming process she finds herself pricks by a needle buried deep in the boy’s flesh where it should not be. During the night the head is removed from the body and stolen, Miyako begins a desperate search for it so she can finish her work. Miyako search finds her encountering organ harvesting, religious cults, incest, psychopathic schizophrenics as well as some very dark secrets from here own past.

Credits

Embalming Cast

Name Character
Yutaka Matsushige He was 36, now 61 years old
Seijun Suzuki He was 76, 93 years old when he died
Toshio Shiba He was 52, now 77 years old
Reiko Takashima She was 35, now 59 years old as Murakami Miyako
Masatoshi Matsuo He was 20, now 45 years old
Kôjirô Hongô He was 61, 74 years old when he died
Hitomi Miwa She was 20, now 45 years old as Rika Shinohara

Embalming Crew

Name Department
Izo Hashimoto as Screenplay. Writing
Shinji Aoyama as Director. He was 35 (now 59) years old Directing
Shinji Aoyama as Screenplay. He was 35 (now 59) years old Writing
Michiko Matsuda as Writer. She was 32 (now 57) years old Writing
Embalming poster
Embalming (24 years)

  • Release day: Friday, July 30, 1999
  • Runtime: 96 minutes